Cameron to forge ahead with relocation orders

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David Cameron cited the case of Omar Hussain, from High Wycombe, who threatened to return and bomb BritainDaily

Jenny Booth

Published at 2:41PM, September 3 2014

Plans to control the movements of suspected jihadists seeking to return to the
UK after fighting abroad will go ahead, David Cameron said today.

The promise sets the prime minister on a collision course with his Liberal
Democrat coalition partners, who voiced reservations about so-called
relocation orders when they were announced on Monday.

Nick Clegg sat impassive as Mr Cameron pledged to push new measures through as
quickly as possible, at a Prime Minister’s Questions dominated by
yesterday’s murder of a second US journalist at the hands of jihadis in
Syria.

Relocation orders allow security officials to forcibly move a

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Terrorism prevention and investigation measures (TPims), came into effect in January 2012 to replace the much stricter control order regime (Fiona Hamilton writes).

Statistics for the latest quarter reveal that no one is currently subject to a TPim. It was used comparatively rarely compared with control orders — a total of 10 men were placed under TPims.

The system was widely criticised in November after Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, the subject of a TPim who was facing 20 charges for breaching terrorism prevention orders, absconded after he put on a burka at a mosque. Mohamed’s whereabouts are still unknown and he was the second suspect to flee under TPims. Ibrahim Magag is believed to have escaped police surveillance on Boxing Day 2012 after hiring a black cab, and has not been seen since.

Terror suspects subjected to TPims could not be relocated to another area of Britain, causing consternation among police as it placed the onus back on them to monitor suspects.

Limits on electronic communications and curfews are less harsh under TPims, which last for a maximum of two years, while control orders were indefinite.